Sin Chongkun

Sin Chongkun (1510-11 March 1527) was a Chinese pirate from the Ming Dynasty era. Initially a trader, he also attacked lone merchant ships roaming the seas. Chongkun was as well an explorer, sailing across the Indian and Pacific Oceans and reaching as far south as New Zealand, as far east as Chile, and as west as Saudi Arabia. On 11 March 1527, he was killed in battle by Guido Benzo in a battle in Puerto Caballo Sea.

Biography
Born in the Taiwanese port of Keylung, Sin Chongkun became a pirate at the age of seventeen. Using his small share of money, he recruited a crew for his ship "Ming" and also bought a storage of meat and vanilla, planning to sell the latter. On 10 February 1527, he set out with his ship.

His first landing was in Qinzhou, where he sold his vanilla for high prices. He used the gold to buy some cannon ammunition in case of a looming threat or target. Sin Chongkun left the port with refreshed cannon ammo and later landed at Port Virie in Australia, where he purchased some extra food. Sin narrowly escaped a pirate fleet by making a surpsie landing in Legazpi Town in the Philippines, and when he left with more food, he encountered a merchant galleon. He sunk the ship and looted thousands of coins from it, and he headed to Ras Tanura to gather cannon ammunition. Since there was no ship yards in the Arab city, he headed to Timaru in New Zealand, where he stocked up on cannonballs. He also purchased musk, and sold it in Tanjung Emas in Indonesia. Once in the market, he bought linen cloth and sold it in De Los Santos in the Philippine Islands.

Death
He set out and headed past Valparaiso in the Pacific to Chalmers, where he was encountered by Guido Benzo's two Pirate ships, attacking them to prevent himself from being beached on Chalmers for weeks. He inflicted heavy damage on one ship but when he attempted to board it, he was sunk before he came in range.